THE RESILIENCE OF THE POPULATION LIFE QUALITY IN UKRAINE IN THE COORDINATES OF ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT: METHODOLOGY, PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS

Abstract

In a globalised world, the key task of policy is to maintain national security and economic competitiveness by optimising the systemic influences of the employment sphere on the quality of life and reproduction of society, which involves assessing the satisfaction of territorial and functional communities and social groups with their living conditions and the institutional framework of the state. The article aims to study the conditions, factors and potential problems involved in ensuring and improving the quality of life of the Ukrainian population, particularly in terms of employment and the national economy. This research requires a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the employment sphere on the reproduction and dynamics of population life quality parameters, indicators and benchmarks in a coordinated policy for establishing and improving socio-economic development resilience potential in the short and long term. It also requires the substantiation of the methodology of systemic interactions and relationships in the employment sphere and the economy in general, alongside assessments and expectations of a range of social groups regarding the possibilities for ensuring, preserving and improving life quality. The study is based on the concepts and theories of socio-humanitarian potential, social capital, sustainable development, and the resilience of the economy and society. It also considers the social state and the welfare state, as well as the inclusion of groups identified according to a spectrum of social vulnerability criteria. The methodology for identifying problems, features and criteria, as well as prospects for ensuring acceptable parameters and enhancing population resilience and quality of life by optimising processes that capitalise on individual, community and nationwide socio-humanitarian potential in the employment sphere and the economy as a whole, combines empirical and theoretical methods (in particular, analysis, induction, extrapolation and synthesis). The prospects for improving Ukrainian socio-economic policy in terms of increasing life quality resilience (particularly in the context of mitigating threats and ensuring public acceptance of results) are largely related to the systematisation of structural changes in ensuring productive employment for the population; optimising the working environment and occupational safety; providing educational and household support for employment and labour mobility; and improving economic, legal and everyday household culture, including promoting legal labour. The main factors influencing population growth and improving quality of life, which are transmitted through the employment sphere and function within it, include institutional, socio-economic, socio-labour, cultural, and educational factors.